State and Regional: FY 2008 Grant Panelists

State Arts Agency Partnership Agreements
January 23-24, 2008

Alex Aldrich
Executive Director
Vermont Council on the Arts
Montpelier, VT

Rita Basom
Executive Director
Wyoming Arts Council
Cheyenne, WY

Cherie Buckner-Webb
Founder, Sojourner Coaching
Boise, ID

Sven Haakanson, Jr., PhD.
Director
Alutiiq Museum & Archeological Repository
Kodiak, AK

Julie Henahan
Executive Director
Ohio Arts Council
Columbus, OH

Hon. Vanzetta Penn McPherson (Layperson)
Retired Judge
Arts Patron, Community Volunteer
Montgomery, AL

Lee Ann Powell
Deputy Director
Mississippi Arts Commission
Lena, MS

Laura Scanlan
Consultant
Rockland, DE

Terry Scrogum
Executive Director
Illinois Arts Council
Astoria, IL

Suzanne Wise
Executive Director
Nebraska Arts Council
Omaha, NE

Regional Arts Organization Partnership Agreements
January 24, 2008

Alex Aldrich
Executive Director
Vermont Council on the Arts
Montpelier, VT

Rita Basom
Executive Director
Wyoming Arts Council
Cheyenne, WY

Cherie Buckner-Webb
Founder, Sojourner Coaching
Boise, ID

Sven Haakanson, Jr., PhD.
Director
Alutiiq Museum & Archeological Repository
Kodiak, AK

Hon. Vanzetta Penn McPherson (Layperson)
Retired Judge
Arts Patron, Community Volunteer
Montgomery, AL

Lee Ann Powell
Deputy Director
Mississippi Arts Commission
Lena, MS

Laura Scanlan
Consultant
Rockland, DE

Suzanne Wise
Executive Director
Nebraska Arts Council
Lincoln, NE

State Partnership Agreement Panel/Folk Infrastructure, Panel A
January 25, 2008

Alex Aldrich
Executive Director
Vermont Council on the Arts
Montpelier, VT

Cherie Buckner-Webb (Layperson)
Founder, Sojourner Coaching
Boise, ID

Norma E. Cantú
Department of English, Classics and Philosophy
University of Texas
San Antonio, TX

Rita Moonsammy
Freelance Consultant
Tabernacle, NJ

Laura Scanlan
Consultant
Rockland, DE

Gary W. Stanton
Associate Professor
Mary Washington College
Department of Historic Preservation
Fredericksburg, VA

Suzanne Wise
Executive Director
Nebraska Arts Council
Lincoln, NE

State Partnership Agreement Panel/Folk Infrastructure ‘08, Panel B
January 25, 2008

Cherie Buckner-Webb (Layperson)
Founder, Sojourner Coaching
Boise, ID

Norma E. Cantú
Department of English, Classics and Philosophy
University of Texas
San Antonio, TX

Rita Moonsammy
Freelance Consultant
Tabernacle, NJ

Gary W. Stanton
Associate Professor, Department of Historic Preservation
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg, VA

Suzanne Wise
Executive Director
Nebraska Arts Council
Lincoln, NE

State Arts Agencies/Arts Education Partnership Review Group
January 8-9, 2008

Carl C. Cole (Layperson)
Arts Patron, Community Volunteer
Washington, DC

Jean Tokuda Irwin
Visual Artist, Director of Arts Education
Utah Arts Council
Salt Lake City, UT

Susan Olson
Arts Education Director
Alaska State Council on the Arts
Anchorage, AK

Nancy Pistone
Arts Consultant
Center for Curriculum and Assessment
Ohio Department of Education
Worthington, OH

Terry Scrogum
Executive Director,
Illinois Arts Council
Astoria, IL